Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas' Blog

Greetings from San Diego: one day only

I am a person of solitudes.  The species that I work with, the Bornean orangutan, is solitary or semi-solitary.  In the past I have spent many, many days alone on the forest floor observing orangutans, trailing them as they wandered through the forest canopy, foraging for food.  More recently, it almost seems as if I spend [...]